tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471610669185140602.post5509639491249984420..comments2023-05-07T06:09:11.435-06:00Comments on Hear Me Roar: A first birth storyStefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150268541513830609noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471610669185140602.post-62928257717054690282011-04-22T18:30:02.850-06:002011-04-22T18:30:02.850-06:00OH yay! I love this because I love birth stories. ...OH yay! I love this because I love birth stories. I have to say a couple of things... I know you've read Ella's birth story (and my blog in general) so you know how I feel about birth and I've always felt that way (I'm a little fringe. Ok I'm a lot fringe).<br /> <br />Anyway... even how I feel I ended up induced and with an epidural with my first baby. Things I didn't want. At. All. But it happened. I was upset with myself and with the system but in the end I had a healthy baby. So who was I to complain. Then #2 and #3 and other interventions I didn't want. THEN I went to work in a hospital as L&D RN and I saw things and WHOA. Suddenly I saw what could happen when you mess with normal. The point is... When I knew better I did better. I know better. I did better. It's SO easy to become sucked in to the system, into people telling you they know your body. Now I can say first hand I know what happens when you leave it alone. I'm glad I do but now guess what? I struggle with reconciling those first 3 births even MORE. Sometimes you can't win.<br /><br />When I knew better I did better. When I knew better I did better. When I knew better I did better. <br /><br />So did you. :)Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726791479455349834noreply@blogger.com